April 10, 2019:
The optimism of her "Our Family" album.
Daddy, Mommy, Mark. "Daddy": written with affection and commitment.
She documents the baby, the apartment, Daddy. With careful inscriptions on the back of each photo and on each leaf of the album, setting context. Photos and text, an Instamatic diary, almost like a contemporary blog. There's every indication she anticipates a happy future.
It doesn't so much end as transitions. At some point it's no longer Daddy, Mommy, Mark. Now it's Auntie, Uncle, Cousins: a different family, her brother's, one which had its own stresses but lasted far longer.